Kigali to Bujumbura runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 06:25. One passenger pays between €31.41 and €38.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 49m over 182 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for September 21, 2026
€31.41 to €38.49
- 62%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kigali
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:03First departure
- 06:25Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €50.88Fri18
- about €49.11Sat19
- about €42.03Sun20
- about €31.41Mon21
- about €31.41Tue22
- about €31.41Wed23
- about €41.44Thu24
- about €33.77Fri25
- about €32.00Sat26
- about €31.41Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €33.18Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €31.41Sat3
- about €31.41Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
- about €31.41Tue6
- about €31.41Wed7
- about €31.41Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Bujumbura. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bujumbura for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kigali to Bujumbura
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €33.1814 days
- €41.447 days
- €42.033 days
- €50.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 62 percent. The most expensive point is €50.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kigali to Bujumbura and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
182 km
177 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,132,686 → 769,317
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 182 km against 177 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from BJM into Bujumbura is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bujumbura
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bujumbura costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni)
Most of the points near Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni) open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kigali to Bujumbura
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Kigali to Bujumbura?
The fastest journey from Kigali to Bujumbura takes 3h 49m door to door, of which 39m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 50m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Kigali to Bujumbura?
The cheapest fare from Kigali to Bujumbura is €31.41, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.00. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Kigali to Bujumbura?
The cheapest way from Kigali to Bujumbura is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 3h 49m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Kigali to Bujumbura?
Fares from Kigali to Bujumbura bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 62 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kigali to Bujumbura?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Kigali to Bujumbura, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kigali to Bujumbura?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kigali to Bujumbura, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Kigali to Bujumbura?
No operator record names Kigali to Bujumbura directly. Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Rwandair Express publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Kigali to Bujumbura?
Every service we sell from Kigali to Bujumbura is direct, with around 3 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 49m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Kigali to Bujumbura use?
Services from Kigali to Bujumbura by flight leave from Kigali KGL and arrive at Bujumbura BJM. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Kigali to Bujumbura?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Kigali to Bujumbura allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kigali to Bujumbura on September 17, 2026: 182 km of route against 177 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Bujumbura a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bujumbura and across Burundi
Day trips that leave Bujumbura in the morning and cover a good part of Burundi by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kigali reaches 20 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 148 to 6,590 km. Bujumbura reaches 5 places in 5 countries, from 177 to 6,483 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kigali
- 20Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Bujumbura
Leaving Bujumbura
- 5Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 4Operators